Norway also uses the krona, but refers to it as "gryn" (cereal) and "stål" (steal). Their 1,000-krona note is called "laken" (bed sheet).
Russians call cash cabbage or lemon.
Americans often call large amounts of money cheddar, dough, or clams.
"Mücken" means mosquitoes in German, but locals also may use "kohle" (coal) or "schotter" (gravel) when talking about cash.
Australians call their notes by their color: A $20 note is a "red lobster," $10 notes are "blue swimmers," and $5 notes are "pink ladies."
Brits colloquially call pound coins squids or quid.
Although Spain has adopted the euro, "pasta" remains a popular term from their days using pesetas.
Denmark uses the krona and the Danish words for hundred and thousand notes are shortened from 'hundrede' to ‘hund’ (dog) and 'tusind' to ‘tudse’ (toad).
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